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Cinema is all about going back from shadow to light and back and forth: cinema is a place of transgression.

~Bruno Dumont

Topics: About Back Cinema Forth Going Light Place Shadow Transgression

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An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.

~Bruno Dumont

Topics: Actor Control Instrument Needs Them

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I feel I have a political duty to reach out to the general public. I want to make films that the people want to see. So if the people want to see Johnny Depp or Tom Cruise, then it is really my job to incorporate them into my films.

~Bruno Dumont

Topics: Cruise Depp Duty Feel Films General General Public Incorporate Job Johnny Johnny Depp Make Out People Political Public Reach Really See Them Then Tom Tom Cruise Want I Feel

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The people follow what the media say. So if you said that Bruno Dumont is fantastic, it follows that more people would go to see my films. I have no wish to remain on the sidelines. I have no wish to make films that are only seen by bohemians in London and Paris.

~Bruno Dumont

Topics: Fantastic Films Follow Follows Go London Make Media More More People Only Paris People Remain Said Say See Seen Sidelines Wish Would You

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I don't want actors to know anything. The more they are lost, the better they play.

~Bruno Dumont

Topics: Actor Anything Better Know Lost More Play Want

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For working with non-professional actors, you have to have this particular desire to work with people who are reluctant to play in a movie. I like this relationship. I'm like a recruiter, an employment agency giving someone employment.

~Bruno Dumont

Topics: Actor Agency Desire Employment Giving Like Movie Particular People Play Relationship Reluctant Someone Who Work Working You

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You can't create a movie as you think about it. And what's in the scene is not what's being seen. A shot always means something other than what it is. All are vehicles. A landscape is just a vehicle. The viewer might think different things, and I'm not going to intervene.

~Bruno Dumont

Topics: About Always Being Create Different Different Things Going Intervene Just Landscape Means Might Movie Other Scene Seen Shot Something Than Things Think Vehicle Vehicles Viewer You

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Your relationship to a film, and to cinema, is very much determined by yourself, so what is relevant is you.

~Bruno Dumont

Topics: Cinema Determined Film Much Relationship Relevant Very You Your Yourself

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When you make movies, you have to be preoccupied with the social problems, otherwise there is no point in making a movie. To have a story, you need a social problem. Not necessarily a problem, but something to get the idea for a story, otherwise there's no story.

~Bruno Dumont

Topics: Get Idea Make Making Movie Movies Necessarily Need No Point Otherwise Point Preoccupied Problem Problems Social Social Problems Something Story You

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I think there's not a lot of real filmmakers. There are only a few people who make real cinema. I can count them on my fingers.

~Bruno Dumont

Topics: Cinema Count Few Few People Filmmakers Fingers Lot Make Only People Real Them Think Who I Think I Can

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Director

Born: March 14th, 1958

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